Head to Head (Man and Woman Kissing)
1905
Two faces drift toward each other in an intimate, almost dreamlike embrace—his rendered in cool teal, hers glowing in warm terracotta. Munch carved this woodcut in 1905, stripping away all the fussy details to capture the raw, universal feeling of a kiss. The rough, scratchy lines radiating from their heads almost look like nervous energy or electric sparks, as if love itself is crackling between them. It's a far cry from his screaming anxieties—here, Munch shows us that even the master of existential dread knew how to paint tenderness.
- Technique
- woodcut print
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